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Coerce meaning
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. | To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will. | To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.
Example sentences (20)
After allowing them into his home, the girls coerce him into having sex, and it's here that the horror elements of start coming into play.
Be respectful, don’t pressure or coerce.
He has been made an outcast by the bullies in the administration and teaching staff who have unconstitutionally attempted to coerce him into believing he’s a racist for wearing our nation’s most beloved Revolutionary symbol.
However, Ashoka University claimed it did not coerce two managers and one professor to leave the university for signing a Kashmir petition along with 85 students.
However, in season 2, Nick's father and brother join the mix, and she will have to coerce the other members of their family to accept Nick's relationship and happiness therein.
Instead, it is believed that the biggest challenge facing AI developers is the technology’s ability to coerce and manipulate users to behave destructively.
Perhaps the Borg Queen learned her lesson from Star Trek: First Contact, and chose to ally with other enemies of the Federation rather than try to coerce someone to switch sides.
The brothels' alleged operators -- Han Lee, 41, and Junmyung Lee, 30, of Massachusetts and James Lee, 68, of California -- were arrested and charged with conspiring to coerce and entice women to travel to engage in illegal sexual activity.
The drive to coerce a certain kind of conduct or performance is of a similar piece to that of silencing objectionable words and cancelling those who utter them.
The state of Israel is trying to punish the Palestinians and coerce them into changing their minds by sanctions.
To coerce a player off a roster, whether you do it through a third person, whether you do it through an agent, a collective – no matter how you do it — it’s cheating.
Albany County Sheriff's Office is warning the community of a phone scam circulating in the area, in which someone is posing as an ACSO detective to coerce victims into giving them money.
But it was Goldcar that remained the worst-rated by customers and the company continue to employ 'pushy sales tactics', attempting to coerce customers into purchasing 'extra insurance'.
He is now being investigated by a Spanish court on accusations by Hermoso of sexual assault and for having attempted to coerce her into publicly supporting him after the kiss.
He purportedly attempted to coerce the company directors into signing documents under duress at House No. 39, Lufubu Road, Kalundu, Lusaka.
I thought they were both so good in it that I’m gonna do everything I can to coerce her into coming back to the show.
Jones also alleges that Combs used cash and financial support provided to him by Grainge and UMG to coerce him and others into commercial sex acts, breaking the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Noble Lords are entitled to express an opinion, just not to coerce somebody else into agreeing with them and changing their behaviour as a result.
The costumes represent not just attire but the symbolism of absolute power wielded by white men without consequence — power used to coerce, oppress, victimise, and humiliate, enforcing compliance with certain values and norms.
The criminals typically contact you through your email address to coerce payments using intimidation and threats of embarrassment.